London - Factfile on Aston Villa, who contest the FA Cup final against holders Arsenal at Wembley on Saturday:
Name: Aston Villa Football Club
Founded: 1874
Stadium: Villa Park, Birmingham (capacity: 42,682)
Nickname: Villa, The Villans
Colours: claret shirts with light blue sleeves, white shorts, light blue and claret striped socks
Chairman: Randy Lerner (USA)
Chief executive: Tom Fox (USA)
Manager: Tim Sherwood (ENG)
Assistant manager: Kevin MacDonald (SCO)
Captain: Fabian Delph (ENG)
Honours
English First Division/Premier League (7): 1893-94, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-1900, 1909-10, 1980-81
FA Cup (7): 1886-87, 1894-95, 1896-97, 1904-05, 1912-13, 1919-20, 1956-57
League Cup (5): 1960-61, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1993-94, 1995-96
FA Community Shield (1): 1981
European Cup (1): 1981-82
UEFA Super Cup (1): 1982
Intertoto Cup (2): 2001, 2008
Most appearances
Charlie Aitken (SCO): 660
Most goals
Billy Walker (ENG): 244
Record transfer fee paid (as reported)
Darren Bent (ENG), £18 million ($27.6 million, 25.3 million euros; rising to £24 million) to Sunderland/ENG, January 2011
Record transfer fee received (as reported)
James Milner (ENG), £26 million ($39.8 million, 36.6 million euros)from Manchester City/ENG, August 2010
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